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• Drunken Drivers Aren't Barred From Bringing Dram Shop Suits
• Uninsured Car Owner Injured as Passenger Can't Sue, Court Says
• Patterson High Court Nomination Wins Senate Judiciary Panel's Approval
• Title Insurers Seek To Raise Fees for Protecting Against Attorneys' Errors
• Attorney-Client Privilege Covers Application for PD Representation
• Five Bergen Co. Trial Court Nominees Get Senate Judiciary Committee's Nod
• Jailed for Decade on Bad Murder Rap, Former N.J. Inmate Sues Prosecutors
• Family Judge Flouted Due Process With Private Check of Defendant's Rap Sheet
• Homeowner Running Day-care Center May Be Without Coverage for Injury
• Judge Held Wrong To Foist Restraints On Party's Filings in Visitation Case
• DOJ Wants Reduced Sentences for More Drug Offenders

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Drunken Drivers Aren't Barred From Bringing Dram Shop Suits	Top
Thanks to some blurriness in statutory drafting, alcoholic beverage servers in New Jersey can be held liable to patrons who drink, drive and crash.
Uninsured Car Owner Injured as Passenger Can't Sue, Court Says	Top
A statutory ban on auto-injury suits by uninsured drivers applies with equal force to an uninsured owner injured as a passenger in her own car.
Patterson High Court Nomination Wins Senate Judiciary Panel's Approval	Top
The Senate Judiciary Committee approves of the nomination of Republican Anne Patterson, of Morristown?s Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, to be a justice of the state Supreme Court.
Title Insurers Seek To Raise Fees for Protecting Against Attorneys' Errors	Top
State insurance regulators are considering a near-fivefold increase in the fee for closing service letters, by which title companies provide mortgage lenders with protection against losses arising out of defalcations by closing attorneys.
Attorney-Client Privilege Covers Application for PD Representation	Top
An application for public defender representation is protected by attorney-client privilege, since the information it contains might aid the prosecution, a state appeals court rules.
Five Bergen Co. Trial Court Nominees Get Senate Judiciary Committee's Nod	Top
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommends approval of five Superior Court nominees, all of whom are from Bergen County.
Jailed for Decade on Bad Murder Rap, Former N.J. Inmate Sues Prosecutors	Top
A man who served over a decade in prison for murder before a federal appeals court found him wrongfully convicted is suing the state law enforcement authorities that prosecuted him.
Family Judge Flouted Due Process With Private Check of Defendant's Rap Sheet	Top
A family court judge's impromptu, ex parte criminal background check in a domestic violence case, leading to issuance of a restraining order, violated the defendant's due process rights, a state appeals court rules.
Homeowner Running Day-care Center May Be Without Coverage for Injury	Top
Homeowners who take care of other people's children for pay — even if only a pittance — may be held personally liable if their charges are hurt and their homeowners' policies contain business-exception clauses, an appeals court rules.
Judge Held Wrong To Foist Restraints On Party's Filings in Visitation Case	Top
A grandmother's repeated failure to appear on pro se requests for child visitation may have been sanctionable, but she didn't deserve to be shut out of the courthouse as a Middlesex County judge had done, an appeals court says.
DOJ Wants Reduced Sentences for More Drug Offenders	Top
The Justice Department is pitching a proposal that would retroactively apply crack sentencing laws to thousands of offenders whose conduct occurred before new guidelines took effect reducing sentences for many inmates.

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